Switching the Mini Lathes Gear Lever to the Front

I'm planning to install a new electrical cabinet to my Mini Lathe machine soon which will take place on the back of the machine. Unfortunately there lives the lever for switching between low and high gear. As this is also very unconvenient and hard to reach, I decided to put the gear lever to the front of the machine. That's how it is common for real size machines, so why don't make it the same here.
To do this I mounted an aluminium cover plate the headstock which holds a bronze bushing for the new gear lever shaft. Switching the gear switching mechanism inside the headstock to the other side was pretty straight forward.
In the end I designed a machine sign and ordered the printed aluminium plate online. It gives the hole project a nice finish.

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